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Official Beverage Sponsor
Friday 8/2
7pm – 8pm
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presents
Saturday 8/3
11am – 3pm
7pm – 8pm
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presents
Sunday 8/4
Monday 8/5
Tuesday 8/6
3pm – 5pm
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presents
with
Lamman Rucker
Actor/Educator
Josh Ferrell
Filmmaker
Roderick McClure
Filmmaker
Karyn Greer
Moderator
WSB-TV
6pm – 8pm
presents
with
Jabari Graham, Founder
“Dubelyoo”, Curator/Co-Creator
Taunja Pegues, Moderator
Wednesday 8/7
4pm – 6pm
7pm – 8pm
with
Lisa Price
Founder Carol’s Daughter
Sidra Smith
Actress, Writer, Producer
Ezra Knight
Actor, SAG-AFTRA New York President
Aubrey Maslen
Moderator
Vice President DE&I, L’Oréal Groupe, NA
Thursday 8/8
Friday 8/9
2pm – 4pm
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Panel
with
Aaron Edmonds
Vice-President, Film
Hartbeat
Sheldon Lyn
Parter, McKensey & Company
Saturday 8/10
11am – 1:00pm
with
Kersha Deibel
Senior Advisor, Black Health Equity
Tonya Lewis Lee
Women’s Health Advocate
Producer/Co-Director
Aftershock
1:30pm – 3pm
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presents
with
Ben Watkins
Creator, Showrunner, Executive Producer
Jamil Smith
Moderator
EIC of The Emancipator
3:30pm – 5pm
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presents
with
Nkechi Okoro Carroll
Showrunner
(‘All American,’ ‘All American: Homecoming,’ and ‘Found’)
Janine Sherman Barrois
Showrunner
(‘The Big Cigar’)
Sherman Payne
Showrunner
(‘Emperor of Ocean Park’)
Moderator: Brittany Luse
NPR “It’s Been a Minute”